CVE-2017-6972

AlienVault USM and OSSIM before 5.3.7 and NfSen before 1.3.8 have an error in privilege dropping and unnecessarily execute the NfSen Perl code as root, aka AlienVault ID ENG-104945, a different vulnerability than CVE-2017-6970 and CVE-2017-6971.
ProviderTypeBase ScoreAtk. VectorAtk. ComplexityPriv. RequiredVector
NISTNIST
9.8 CRITICAL
NETWORK
LOW
NONE
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
mitreCNA
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CVEADP
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Base Score
CVSS 3.x
EPSS Score
Percentile: 97%
VendorProductVersion
alienvaultossim
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≤ 5.3.6
alienvaultunified_security_management
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≤ 5.3.6
nfsennfsen
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≤ 1.3.7
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= Vulnerable software versions
Common Weakness Enumeration
References
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97016
https://sourceforge.net/p/nfsen/news/2017/01/nfsen-138-released---security-fix/
https://www.alienvault.com/forums/discussion/8698
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42314/
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97016
https://sourceforge.net/p/nfsen/news/2017/01/nfsen-138-released---security-fix/
https://www.alienvault.com/forums/discussion/8698
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42314/